Cultivator-hoe



(No Model.)

' J.. A. vGARBER.

GULTIVATOR HUE.

No. M42-2,761. Patnted Mar. 4, 1890.

wihjcsscs' 4 MM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH A. GARBER, OF HTTON, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-HALF TO VIRGIL S. JONES, OFSYRACSE, KANSAS.

cuLTlvAToR-HOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,761, dated March 4,1890.

Application led May 2l, 1889. Serial No. 311,519. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may con/cera:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. GARBER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hatton, in the county of Hamilton and State of Kansas, haveinvented a new and useful Cultivator-Hoe, of which the following is aspeciiication.

This invention relates to an improved hoe or implement adapted to beattached to an ordinary cnltivator-frame for the purpose ofexterminating the weeds between rows of growing plants-such as corn orcotton, more particularly the latter; and it has for its object toprovide a device of this class which shall be simple in construction andcapable of being applied at a triiing expense to the frame of anordinary horse cultivator, and which shall be adapted to cut under thesoil, so as to sever the roots of the weeds and thoroughly eradicate thesame.

The invention consists in the improved construction of the saidattachments, which will be hereinafter described, with reference to theannexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a front perspective view' of acultivator-frame to which my improved weeding implements have beenattached, showing the tongue of the cultivator thrown back in a raisedposition. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the weeding implementsdetached from the frame. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectionalview of the cultivator-frame with the weeding implements attached. Fig.et is a front view of one of the weeding implements detached from theframe.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

A designates the cultivator-frame, which may be of any suitablewell-known construction, and which is preferably of the kind providedwith an arch ed axle B, adapted to straddle the rows of growing plants.O O designate the standards, which are suitably connected with thecultivatonframe, and to the lower ends of which the cultivator blades orshovels are ordinarily attached. ln the drawings hereto annexed,however, the said cultivator-shovels have been removed and replaced bythe weeding implements which form the subject of my invention. Each cfthe said implements or weeders comprises a shank D,

the lower end of which is bifurcated, as shown at E F., the arms thusformed being bent slightly in a forward direction. The Shanks D areprovided with perforations F to receive the bolts G, by means of whichthey are to be secured to the lower Vends of the cultivator-standards.The shanks D are so constructed with relation to the forwardly-extendingarms F. that when the said Shanks are attached to thecultivator-standards the said v ends are turned or curved slightlydownwardly, so as to enable them to enter the soil without difficulty.

In Fig. l of the drawings hereto annexed the cultivator-frame has beenshown provided with four of my improved weeding attachments, the twoforward ones of which have been placed closely together, so as to passon either side of the row of plants, while the rear ones overlap theouter ends of the forward ones, and are made of awidt-h to extend fullyto the middle ofv the rows. The front weed-` ers are provided at theirinner ends with flanges I, having beveled cutting-edges J, which. also..serve as guards or fingers to prevent injury to the growing plants. iThe operation of this invention will be readily understood from theforegoing description, taken in connection with the drawings heretoannexed. The horizontal cutting-plates of the weeders will. pass underthe soil any desired distance, thus causing them to out the roots of theweeds, which will thereby be effectually eradicated. The tops of theweeds may afterward be readily removed. The ma- .,chine provided with myimproved attachment may be guided equally as well as an ordinarycultivator. lt is simple and efficient in operation and may bemanufactured and frames, the combination, with a shank provided at itslower end with forwardly-extending horizontal arms, of a fiat horizontalcutting-plate mounted upon said arms and having curved approximatelyconcentric y front and rear edges, and. provided at its inner end with'a vertical iange having a beveled cutting-edge, substantially as andfor the purpose herein set forth.

In. testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownv I have heretoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

j. p -JOSEPI-IV A. GARBER.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH A.f-KALLANs, J oHN MULLER.

